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Agriculture can curb planet warming emissions ‘immediately’: U.N.
BONN, Germany (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The global agricultural sector can curb emissions immediately and provide a window for fossil …
Why Are Farmers Still Growing Wheat?
After the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Thursday, corn and soybeans took the lead story …
Going without a water policy
AS Pakistan heads towards water scarcity, promoting economic use of water has become as important as boosting renewable resources. In …
Genetically Engineered Wheat Can Boost Food Security
Though genetically engineering food using science remains controversial in some circles, with concerns about genetically modified corn syrup in candy …
Economic crisis and abandoned agriculture sector
Time to get our priorities right Pakistan – despite being an agricultural state – has little to offer to …
Pakistan must act now to ensure water supply for agriculture
ISLAMABAD: Earth’s 70% surface is covered with water. It seems that this quantity would be sufficient to meet people’s needs. A …
Local businesses lose big under CPEC
For 30 years, Kamal Amjad Mian’s family resisted the temptation to invest heavily in their electricity cable manufacturing business to …
Food trade deficit grows bigger and bigger
AFTER recording a promising surplus in 2012-13 and 2013-14, Pakistan’s food trade ran into a deficit. The deficit keeps growing …
Future Food Crisis and Vision 2047
How do we imagine our life 20 to 30 years from now? There might be not enough food on one’s …
Sustaining production of key food crops
ALL major food crops are doing well at the same time after a gap of many years. The trend could …